The edge of the northern forests of the Qin State. Zhang Sheng followed the Huns, and the speed at which their team was not advancing was very fast, mainly because their tribal leaders were unwilling to go too fast, and Zhang Sheng was also willing to follow such a team, because he himself believed that such a thing as an expedition should not be too radical. They encountered a lot of these things along the way, and many teams went too fast. A lot of people died.

"Hey." That's when it happened. The leader, Haryan, shook his head and walked over.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Sheng asked.

"Some more people died, I don't know which tribe they were, their graves are still very new, and I don't know what they died from." Haryan said to Zhang Sheng.

"Oh. Let's go over and pay our respects to them, and we'll come out together and watch them. Zhang Sheng said.

"Well, we can give them some food, but we're still going to eat it after the sacrifice, and besides, wine." Haryan said.

"Okay." Zhang Sheng said helplessly. The wine was brought by himself, and the army liked to drink, which was transmitted when he was in the military school, and their instructors liked to drink, which led to the fact that their group of cadets liked to drink. In this cold northern land, he is naturally willing to bring more wine, but unfortunately, the Huns like it more. But after they knew Zhang Sheng's advantage, they quickly became brothers, of course. The wine he brought was also depleted very quickly, and he only had a little left at the moment. However, he also has a unique skill, that is, winemaking, there is no way, there is no way to have alcohol in the military school, and alcoholic drinks are absolutely not served. But how to fix it. They have their own way, they like to take lab classes, especially chemistry lab classes, which are elective courses that they can not learn. But many students are willing to learn, they steal the alcohol in the alcohol lamp and drink it with water, but this can't solve their practical problems, after all, there is not much alcohol in the alcohol lamp, the only way is to make wine, they naturally know the chemical reaction, so they secretly steal some raw materials from the canteen to make wine, so this group of students have learned this method, although the quality of the wine is not very good, but it is much stronger than kerosene.

"The Huns died poor." Zhang Sheng scolded, but he could only scold like this. Along the way, they've been in a lot of situations. In order to show the importance of these Huns, he attached great importance to paying tribute. The Huns apparently did not have the habit of sacrificing and wasting a lot of food and wine. This is the most painful thing for the Huns, so at the time of the memorial. Spilling wine turned into drinking, because the Huns felt that it was very wasteful.

But in all fairness, these Huns did bring them a lot of gains, for example, they knew the borders of the northern grasslands and forests, and they harvested a lot of land, and on the edges of these lands there are Qin boundary monuments, on which detailed coordinates are engraved, so that even if the northern forest area is officially included in the territory of Qin. It's sparsely populated. It was originally a difficult place to live.

"How far away is the sea?" Zhang Sheng asked.

"I don't know. But we've come 2,000 miles. I think it's not far off. It's still a slow walk, and I think some tribes have already arrived. After all, in such a place, they go much faster than us. Haryan said.

"Hmm. Perhaps. Zhang Sheng said.

And in fact, there really is a team that has already reached the sea.

"The sea, it's the sea, hahaha." A group of Hun cavalry frantically galloped on the seashore. They never thought they would be able to reach the sea, they thought it would take a long time, but they didn't expect that they would actually get here. And the big flower is by their side, but unfortunately, the people sent by the Admiralty died on the journey, and they can't report it to the people of Qin, so they can only set up a stone tablet here according to the method of Qin. But they were very happy now, because they had finally reached the beach.

"Haha, we're rich. Seaside, sea. The sea, we arrived. The Huns shouted loudly, and at this moment they were very relaxed.

Seth Country. Basra City. It has been beaten to ruins by artillery. The destruction of the city was severe. The destruction in the city was severe, and it was clear that the attack of the Sabbatarians was very sharp, and after the attack, they did not destroy less.

"This city of Basra, I don't think, doesn't need to be rebuilt. Just build a new city. Guo Xiang said after looking at Basra City.

"Also, the Sabbaths are too badly damaged. There is no possibility of rebuilding at all, especially artillery, the city has lost its defensive role, and moreover, the city we have built does not need defense at all, artillery can lay down any fortress, it has no effect, and the role of the fortress has been lost. The prominence of the musket has increased. There is no point in going on like this. Zhang Bi said.

"It's just that we need to restore contact with the country as soon as possible, and I've already sent someone to Karachi. I hope that there are our people over there, at least they can understand this Seth country, and the language barrier is still very big. Guo Xiang continued.

"My friend, you're finally here." That's when it happened. The young general, Hazabi, walked over, and although he had a big smile on his face, his smile was very stiff.

"It's just, I see, the general seems to have something." Zhang Bi asked with a smile.

"Hehe, don't say it. We had a great deal of trouble in Baghdad, we were routed and retreated to a hundred miles south of Baghdad. In this case, we will not be able to threaten Baghdad further. This time it failed. We suffered more serious losses, three thousand people, and most importantly, we lost a lot of artillery, ammunition, as well as muskets. Hazabi said helplessly.

"Things, how can this be?" Zhang Bi asked.

"The resistance of the Sethians is too strong. We have no choice at all, we have besieged Baghdad, but the Seth have organized death squads, they have attacked us at night at a great cost of death, we have never encountered a night attack, as a result, the tide of the battle was immediately reversed, our losses were extremely staggering, in this situation, we have no one to do anything but watch our people, lost. Hazabi said.

"This. It's unbelievable. Zhang Bi said.

"But it's already happening. We need a lot of firearms now, and the Seth have mastered them, and they are now heading here, but they don't seem to be able to do it anymore. It is unlikely that the war will end this year. Hazabi said helplessly.

In fact, this is the reason why the Sabbatarians attacked too much, they frantically attacked Baghdad and Basra, and the dispersion of power, coupled with the widespread use of firearms, gave the Sabbatarians a lot of self-confidence, which gradually evolved into arrogance, which gave them a great chance, and it was natural for them to have such casualties in such a situation, but the Sabbatarians now need to get their scene back, so they need more firearms, and they decided that they must take the city of Baghdad.

Zhang Bi could only smile helplessly, it would take a long time to transport the firearms. Rest in peace. Qin's telegraph company was hurrying to lay cables, which were laid underground, but fortunately there were a lot of people here, and they could dig a lot of trenches. Then it was landfilled. Originally, they were supposed to be laying up cables. However, the country has a special climate, and there are strong winds and sands here, and if it is erected, there will be great losses. The fall of a piece of cable was not a good thing for them, and in the Western Regions of the Qin State, they had already seen the destructive effects of sandstorms. The harsh natural climate can have a great impact on traffic.

The Qin State Telegraph Company summed up the situation, and they adapted the strategy by burying the cables in a safe ground, so that the problems caused by the erection of the cables could be avoided. However, this is a big problem for future maintenance. But that's no longer the case.

"The cable was laid very quickly, and if it went well, we would have crossed half of the Sabbatical country." A cable worker said.

"Well, a lot of telegraph stations have been built, but the people here are very unfriendly to us, and I don't know what kind of use it is to lay cables here." , said another cable worker. For the arrival of the Qin people, the rest people are still relatively conservative, but they are still very curious about the telegram, they don't know, such a rope-like thing. How to deliver the news quickly, despite their curiosity, they still did not dare to do it, the Qin people told the rest of the people that if the rope was broken, it would be very difficult to deal with, if necessary, they would re-lay a cable, and the price of the cable was expensive, which exhausted one-tenth of the financial strength of the rest of the country. In order to protect the cable, the solution was to use harsh laws to solve the problem, and if the cable trench was dug without permission, it would be punished with death. In this regard, there are also special cavalry patrols for cable lines. This can effectively ensure the safety of the cable.

However, for the arrival of the Qin people, the rest people are conservative, they know that these Qin people are very powerful, so they are very afraid of them. In this way, the Qin people also had a very bad impression of the rest people. Such contacts are on both sides.

YAN Guo, XIANG Ping,

"If there is an armistice, we can both stop the war, we can send people to the south, we can join forces with them, we can do more Japanese people, and then the labor problem can be solved." Li Wending told the finance minister of Yan about the benefits of an armistice and peace.

"The labor problem is very easy to solve, and we believe in that, but, the southerners, with the support of the Qi State, they ask for compensation, and if there is no compensation, I think, the war will be very difficult to solve." So said the Minister of Finance. As he spoke, the other party handed Li Wending a report, which was Lou Jing's report. Southerners, he said, had suffered heavy losses. In order to compensate for the losses of the people in the south, they could accept a truce, however, a large amount of compensation was required. This was obviously difficult for the Goguryeo people to accept, and Lou Jing knew that with this indemnity, it had actually gone into the pockets of the Qi people, and they could use various names to loot these funds, which were mainly used to build their naval forces. The people of Qi are very short of money, as long as they can see the money, they have to do it.

"Well, the Goguryeo government doesn't have enough money to do such a thing. We, it's impossible to give a penny to the southerners. Li Wending said after reading it.

"We also know what this means, but it is difficult for the Qi people to let go in this matter, and we have no way, our only way is to unite the Koreans to put pressure on them." The Minister of Finance said helplessly.

"This, we are very grateful to the Yanguo government for everything it has done to us, we will be very grateful." Li Wending said.

"It's natural, but we still have a lot to do, and it depends on the capacity of the South Korean government." said the Minister of Finance.

The border between Qi and Jiaozhou.

"How?" Lou Jing asked an oil refiner, they are refining kerosene, the refining process is very primitive, they don't have any distillation tools, the only way is to burn it on a fire, and then separate gasoline, diesel, and kerosene, this separation is extremely primitive, wasteful, and full of danger, but it can bring huge profits, because all countries need kerosene, a lot of it is not, oil is as cheap as water, as long as a large well. Then they can get a steady stream of these resources, and then separate them and sell them, and they can get dozens of times the profit. After seeing the separation method of the Qin people, they had already tried to use such an extremely primitive method to refine their oil.

"Very good, we can produce about more than 300 stone of oil in a day, these things, we can earn more than 3,000 and a half taels a day, if we sell them to Zhao State, it may be more." A person in charge said to Lou Jing.

"Hmm. Very good. I see, everyone around me is doing this, how about it? Is your oil still selling? Lou Jing asked.

"It's very easy to sell, that is, everyone does this, this thing, as long as there is a dark night, this thing will not worry about not being able to sell, I already know, this black thing, we have already dug a well." It's not like guarding such a big gold mountain, we don't even know how to use it. The person in charge said with some remorse.

"Hehe, it's not too late, you can work harder and expand the scale of production. Be quick. Lou Jing encouraged. The Navy's military spending hopes to appear in these refined oil products.

"Yes, sir, we will definitely speed up production. This thing, for us, is a huge profit. The person in charge said.

As oil extraction intensifies, more and more refined oil products are being refined in this region, and they already know it. Extracting oil has become a huge profiteering. In their opinion, oil is the same thing as water, and it is not worth anything at all.

Zhao Guo, Handan.

"Educational donations?" Guo Kai said with a sneer.

"Yes, sir, the prime minister has already issued such a charity request." The assistant on the side whispered.

"Hehe, I think, it's Li Mu who wants to go crazy for money. Let's donate money to those poor people, they go to school, but we have to pay for it, what can they do? Guo Kai scolded with some annoyance.

"Yes, you can not go." The assistant said.

"Go, the ghost. These people know how to cause trouble for us. It's not easy for us to make money. Really. Guo Kai said unpleasantly.

And in the upper house of the state of Zhao. Many noble councillors were also actively opposed to this. They would rather spend a lot of money on entertainment than on education. Because for them, it's not necessary at all.

"It's just a joke. It's interesting enough that factories offer apprenticeship positions. Now he even wants us to donate money, it's impossible, the people of Qin donating money is the business of the people of Qin, Zhao Guo, this matter is his Li Mu's business, he Li Mu has the ability to find money by himself. A young aristocratic councillor said dissatisfiedly.

"That is, the cost of education is a matter for the government. Why, if he Li Mu didn't do a good job himself, let us pay for them ourselves, such a thing is not fair at all. A middle-aged aristocratic councillor said.

"It's just, it's not fair, it's not fair." Many lawmakers said.

In this way, many people resisted Li Mu's proposal to donate money to education, which in their eyes was a matter for the government.

Inside the Prime Minister's Mansion. Li Mu had a gloomy face, he hoped to solve such a thing by donating money and social donations, but the result was very bad.

"By far the workers at the factory have donated the most, even though they don't donate much, it's a piece of their heart. However, the aristocracy, as well as the factory owners, were reluctant to donate. Donations were also boycotted. Li Zuoche said.

"The most infuriating thing is that the amount of money they spend in hotels, luxury entertainment venues is staggering, and the money they spend on a bottle of wine is enough for our schoolchildren outside the suburbs of Handan to have their own textbooks, but that's it, no one is willing to donate, they are willing to spend money on alcohol consumption, and they are not willing to do it. It's really infuriating. Li Zuoche said.

"Are there fewer such things?" Li Mu said with some annoyance.

"Then, Prime Minister, we have no way, no one can do anything about them." Li Zuoche said.

"There's no way, it's just that we didn't think of it, it's not that there's no way." Li Mu said.

"We're going to tax them, luxury excise tax. More than 200 percent in taxes. Heavy taxes. Li Mu said annoyedly.

"But this needs to be approved by the parliament." Li Zuoche said.

"Then fight a media war and expose such a thing." Li Mu said resolutely.